ESL Reading: Lab Assignment #8: Fashion Show. Due Friday, Nov. 9.

1. With your partner browse through fashion magazines or catalogs with clothing for various occasions. Find at least two outfits that you like and list the vocabulary used to describe them. Try to find at least 6 new vocabulary words and write a sentence (not a definition) with each one to show the meaning.

2. With your partner, decide on an outfit to wear for the Fashion Show. Wear it to class on Friday, Nov. 9. Before that time, meet with your partner outside of class and write descriptions of your two outfits. Try to use some new vocabulary from the magazines and from Unit 6 in the textbook. You will be the fashion narrator describing your partner’s outfit and telling where he/she wears it (for what occasion). Add comments to attract the audience’s attention, for example, “(Name) will wear this fashionable but conservative suit for an interview with the First National Bank.” Or “At the next Finlandia dance (Name) will be a hit wearing this …” Use as many adjectives and colors as you can to describe at least 5 items your partner is wearing or carrying, including accessories.

3. The audience will comment on your presentation and vote for the best narration and the best model (for prizes!). Practice modeling your outfit and reading your presentation of your partner’s. Write the description on an index card. Read it as if you were on television! (We’ll try to take video clips of this.)